5th International Istanbul Cartoon Festival
“INTERCULTURAL TOLERANCE”

Dear cartoonist friend,

Cartoonists all around the world participated the international cartoon festivals which were arranged by Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Assosiation in the recent years. The first festival’s subject we arranged was mixed; the second festival’s subject was “East and West”; the third festival’s subject was “Water and Life” and the fourth festival’s subject was “Global Warming” – 30 countries, 118 cartoonists, 281 cartoons-.

With the aim to unite different people and different cultures; we have decided on the theme “Intercultural Tolerance”, for the 5th International Istanbul Cartoon Festival.

INTERCULTURAL TOLERANCE: One of the biggest problems of our era is intolerance. Wars which are everywhere, injustice which exists in every case and problems like selfishness , cause everybody to misunderstand each other. In this case, offers for creating a better world are being sacrificed to intolerance, instead of looking for solutions to problems.

As Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association, we related 5th International Istanbul Cartoon Festival with this theme in order to draw people’s attention to the problem of intolerance. Focusing on ‘tolerance’, which is one of our educational principles, we would like to combine the works of artists all around the world; give an opportunity to the artists in order to share their cartoons with people across the world and to provide unification among cultures.

The cartoons to be exhibited during the festival in Istanbul will also be exhibited in other cities of Turkey such as Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Van, Bursa, Izmit, Mersin, Aydın and associations in abroad which collabarates with Yeni Yüksektepe; for people who are interested in art.

We would like to invite you to participate the festival exhibition to be held in 17-25 November 2007, on the occasion of 5th International Cartoon Festival, with your cartoons.

What is Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association?

Yeni Yüksektepe Cultural Association is a non-profit, non-governmental, philosophical-cultural organisation which does not have a religious or political identity.

Yeni Yüksektepe organises helpful activities for public interest and community awareness; aims to improve the world of culture with cultural activities; helps people in need in emergency situations by the GEA search and rescue team; protects nature through ecological activities. All activities organised by Yeni Yuksektepe are based on universal principles:

· To unite human beings regardless of their creeds, races, and social status around an ideal of love, respect, tolerance and universal fraternity.
· To awaken a global vision in men and women through the comparative study of sciences, religions, arts and philosophies.
· To enable men and women to live as a part of nature and to express their true personalities, by developing the capacities of each individual.

We would be pleased to stay in contact with you and thank you very much for your attention.

Best Regards,

Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association Kadikoy Branch
Public Relations Department Manager
Ezgi Özkan

ACTIVITIES DURING THE FESTIVAL :

1) EXHIBITIONS : Personal and collective exhibition of the cartoons under the theme of “Intercultural Tolerance” will take place during 17-25 November 2007. More than 120 well-known cartoonists are expected to participate.
2) SYMPOSIUM: With participation of guests on arts, science, philosophy, under the theme of “Intercultural Tolerance”. The aim is to create an opportunity for inter-disciplinary work on the theme of the festival.
3) WORKSHOPS : Open public cartoon workshops will bring cartoonists and people together. The aim is to highlight the importance of intercultural tolerance while increasing interest in the cartoon art among people.
Detailed information about the place and the daily programme of events will be announced by e-mail soon.

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION :

1) The theme of the exhibition is “Intercultural Tolerance”. Below, you may find some sub-themes related with the respective theme. Cartoons not related with the main theme and the sub- themes, may not take part in the festival and the exhibition. The final decision is to be given by the Organizational Committee, and this committee works with Tan Oral’s chairmanship.
2) Technique: Free. Black/white or colour.
3) Dimension: A4 or A3. No passé partout, no frame.
4) Works to be sent preferably by e-mail, with 150 or 300 dpi resolution and JPEG formatted.
5) Please find attached the application form to be filled and sent back.
6) No limitation for the number of works to be sent for the exhibition.
7) All cartoons will be kept in the cartoon archives of Yeni Yüksektepe Cultural Association and will not be sent back. - unless there is a special request from the artist to send his/her work back.
8) Even if the cartoonist sends the originals or the copies to Yeni Yüksektepe, the cartoonist will be the owner of the publication rights except for the following situations:
· The originals may be sent by Yeni Yuksektepe to another association in Turkey or abroad for the purpose of exhibiting or printing without commercial purpose.
· The originals may be used for the books, magazines, brochures, catalogues, VCD’s and DVD’s to be printed by Yeni Yüksektepe and its corporative associations.
· The originals may be used in the news coverage about the Festival in the Print and TV Media.
9) Cartoons that were exhibited in the festival will be covered under a booklet. A copy of the booklet will be uploaded on the Internet web site www.yeniyuksektepe.org.tr free for download. News covering the festival will also be available on the same web site.
10) When sending your work, attach the filled application form, and send them both either to the address:
Yeni Yuksektepe Kultur Dernegi,
Muhurdar Cad. Gunesli Bahce Sok. No: 50 34710 Kadikoy-Istanbul-TURKEY

by mail or to the mail address:
kadikoy@yeniyuksektepe.org.tr by e-mail.
11) The deadline for the cartoons to arrive to the Festival Organizational Committee is October 15th 2007.
12) Please send a reply e-mail to notice that you have received this e-mail.

For your questions you can call us (after 18:30 on weekdays, after 13:30 on Saturdays) or send an e-mail.

Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association Kadikoy Branch

Tel: +90 216 336 36 11
Fax: +90 216 418 11 07
Mobile: +90 532 694 84 79 (Mrs. Ezgi Ozkan,) +90 544 327 29 61 (Ms. Ayça Burcu Tan)
e-mail: kadikoy@yeniyuksektepe.org.tr
Website:
www.yeniyuksektepe.org.tr;
http://kadikoy.yeniyuksektepe.org.tr

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